Masters Shows No Class

FOR FANS ONLY - Mailbag

April 14, 2002

Dear Augusta National Golf Club Committee Members:

Your representative, Mr. William W. "Hootie" Johnson, is most likely the epitome of a person with no class. Class is defined by how well one treats others and this trait is what has always defined golf.

In Mr. Johnson's three letters to Doug Ford, Billy Casper, and Gay Brewer -- to evaluate their participation in future tournaments -- he reduced the Masters from the class tournament in the world of golf to just another stop on the PGA Tour.

The officials of the British Open committee must be toasting Mr. Johnson with champagne, for he re-established their tournament to the number one spot in worldwide golf.